Finite-difference approximation for the velocity-vorticity formulation on staggered and non-staggered grids

Computers and Fluids

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 59-82

  Huang, Huaxiong ^a,b   Li, Ming ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ERROR ANALYSIS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VELOCITY; VORTEX FLOW;

CAUCHY-RIEMANN RELATIONS; GRIDS; REFLECTION BOUNDARY CONDITION; VELOCITY VORTICITY FORMULATION;

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD;

EID: 0030736482     PISSN: 00457930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7930(96)00028-X     Document Type: Article

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